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we saw it more after barack obama is president. this is chuck hagel, a bona fide war hero a veteran, a republican. >> check. >> a former senator. >> check. >> and yesterday he had to go up and face some of -- >> you are missing a couple of parts. he was introduced by the all-important, i would say one of the most bi-partisan members of the senate, sam nun and john warner, both republicans, one being the chair of said committee, former chair of said committee saying he is a great outstanding pick. >> he had to go up there and become a target for john mccain and ted cruz and geoff sessions and james. inhoffe. buzzfeed did something interesting. they did a word cloud about what the senators asked chuck hagel about. remember it's going to be ideally secretary of defense. they did a word cloud about what words were used the most. hagel was obviously the most used. the next one was israel. >> yes. >> we have everybody wanted to know about israel and where he stood on israel. >> he answered that in his opening statement. let's take a list
we saw it more after barack obama is president. this is chuck hagel, a bona fide war hero a veteran, a republican. >> check. >> a former senator. >> check. >> and yesterday he had to go up and face some of -- >> you are missing a couple of parts. he was introduced by the all-important, i would say one of the most bi-partisan members of the senate, sam nun and john warner, both republicans, one being the chair of said committee, former chair of said committee saying...
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now that he has been out there with obama on hurricane sandy, now that he praised president obama and fem cismd for the great response opinion hurricane sandy, now that he has come out and embraced obamacare and the expansion of medicaid now that he's been rejected at the conservative political action committee, never invited by cpac to address them, does this mean as democrats we have to be behind chris cristie? emily's list said no yesterday. we will talk to them a little bit later about it because they point out that chris cristsie anti-choice, that chris christie is anti-marriage equality that chris christie is certainly anti-teacher and anti-public employee. on the other hand, he's proven to be a pretty moderate republican and that he is not afraid fobreak with his party and stand up with president obama when he think obama is doing the right thing. et cetera the only leading republican in the country today, i think, who does that. right? >> yeah. >> bill: not john boehner, not mitch mcconnell, not john freakin opinion mccain, not lipped see graham. you know, you name it. not joh
now that he has been out there with obama on hurricane sandy, now that he praised president obama and fem cismd for the great response opinion hurricane sandy, now that he has come out and embraced obamacare and the expansion of medicaid now that he's been rejected at the conservative political action committee, never invited by cpac to address them, does this mean as democrats we have to be behind chris cristie? emily's list said no yesterday. we will talk to them a little bit later about it...
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they do run the barack obama twitter account. which obama does tweet from still. so there is a relationship there for sure. >> bill: the truth of it is every white house every president gives special favors to major donors. they get investorships. they get invited to state dinners. they get invited to white house receptions. but there's a way of handling it that works and a way of not handling it that works. this is not the lincoln bedroom right? they're not getting to spend the night -- >> let's make it a two for one deal. >> bill: that's a $600,000 one. we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. in reality it's not like they actually care. this is purely about political grandstanding. date, staying in touch with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. in reality it's not like they actually care. this is purely about political grandstanding. alright, in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that view
they do run the barack obama twitter account. which obama does tweet from still. so there is a relationship there for sure. >> bill: the truth of it is every white house every president gives special favors to major donors. they get investorships. they get invited to state dinners. they get invited to white house receptions. but there's a way of handling it that works and a way of not handling it that works. this is not the lincoln bedroom right? they're not getting to spend the night --...
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i think obama -- obama don't you get the sense obama feels that now? >> yeah. >> feels the power more? >> absolutely. >> or willing to use power more? >> and willing -- feels he can have, if they have an apocolyptic showdown he will win it. they feel that, too. they don't emerge from the fights stronger. if, god forbid, they go over one of these cliffs it totally cleared whoever has the stronger hand amid the crisis. it becomes about what are we restoring? it's one that favors the democrats. >> ben, great to have you in the studio. thank so much. any time you come down to washington, you are welcome here here. >> thank you for having me on. >> bill: might get you on the phone from new york. we love people in the studios. come back and see us. buzz feed.com. i will tell you what the president is up to today. busy schedule. >> this is "the bill press show" live on your radio and current tv. [ music ] (vo) current tv gets the converstion started next. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could u
i think obama -- obama don't you get the sense obama feels that now? >> yeah. >> feels the power more? >> absolutely. >> or willing to use power more? >> and willing -- feels he can have, if they have an apocolyptic showdown he will win it. they feel that, too. they don't emerge from the fights stronger. if, god forbid, they go over one of these cliffs it totally cleared whoever has the stronger hand amid the crisis. it becomes about what are we restoring? it's one...
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>> because it has obama's name on it and republicans won't sign anything with obama's name on it. it is a real problem for the white house now. the report came out in "usa today" on sunday, i believe draft proposal. he's always had a draft proposal. he said, after he won the election that if they don't -- congress is going to act he's going to introduce his own bill. you look at the reports of the draft, they mirror closely the 2007 bill. bipartisan bill with mccain on it and kennedy and kyle. who's now not in the senate anymore from arizona. supported by george w. bush. now, it's a problem for everybody. rubio put out a statement immediately saying it is dead on arrival. all of the republicans coming out against it. so the white house is trying to backpedal a bit saying we're going to provide space for congress to do this but if they don't act, we're going to have our own bill. >> bill: i think newt is correct to this extent. it does seem that any good idea, if president obama supports it, even good ideas that republicans once proposed, if president obama embraces it, suddenly th
>> because it has obama's name on it and republicans won't sign anything with obama's name on it. it is a real problem for the white house now. the report came out in "usa today" on sunday, i believe draft proposal. he's always had a draft proposal. he said, after he won the election that if they don't -- congress is going to act he's going to introduce his own bill. you look at the reports of the draft, they mirror closely the 2007 bill. bipartisan bill with mccain on it and...